I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Let us face a pluralistic world in which there are no universal churches, no single remedy for all diseases, no one way… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church,… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
If I repeated some passages from the homilies of the Church Fathers, in the second or third century, about how we must… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between separation of church and state and denying the spiritual heritage of this country. Inscribed on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Some people say homosexuality is a sin. It’s not. God is perfectly cool with it, God feels the exact same way about… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I’ll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The… — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ.… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church, consecrated to Christ, and wholly influenced and governed by his… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Night, like a giant, fills the church, from pavement to roof, and holds dominion through the silent hours. Pale dawn again comes… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
One of the most important parts of the civil rights movement that people don't talk about was these mass meetings. It's like… — Stanley Nelson Jr Copy Share Image
A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... Protecting the free-exercise rights of corporations… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
“It is true that the church must be in many places and with many people, but it is the poor who will… — Gary Smith Copy Share Image
Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in various ways, from that of any sect… — Robert Rainy Copy Share Image
I think what the Church should ideally do, and does appear to do in the context of straight relationships, is to support… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the… — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image
It's strange because we think of the upper middle class, for example, as being secular, that they've fallen away from religion. Well,… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
It's hard to reconcile my personal beliefs with an entire institution like the Church or the Republicans. Or with people within those… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
The church was always very adept at incorporating all the different artistic disciplines. What we call the church is actually an assemblage… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
Formal theological teaching in Africa is deeply rooted in the Western missionary movement . However, in practice, the church wrestles with how… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
I've always loved R&B. That love seemed to start in church. But then I saw Carrie Underwood on American Idol, and I… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Nicole Kidman was an inspiration to me at the time I left the church. Knowing that she went on to have a… — Leah Remini Copy Share Image
The church had to find a way to protect Jesus' perfection so that he could do the work of salvation which, in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
People take sides on political things, such as the Vietnam War. War is immoral and war is wrong, but I don't think… — Warren Giles Copy Share Image
What's really neat about the Orthodox church is that it's like walking back in time 2,000 years to the time of the… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
Separation of the Church and State is like a railroad track. It cannot be close to one another, neither can it be… — Jaime Sin Copy Share Image
Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results.… — Wafa Sultan Copy Share Image
A lot of the time when I go to church, people want to take pictures. They want you to sign autographs. So… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
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